NOVANEWS
The Russian-made S-300 missile defense system has deterred U.S. Coalition warplanes in northeastern Syria, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Monday.
“After only one battalion of the S-300V4 air-defense system entered combat duty, the intensity of the flights made by the coalition’s air forces in northeastern Syria has significantly decreased,” he stated, as quoted by the Sputnik News Agency.
However, the decrease in U.S. Coalition flights in northeast Syria could be due to Washington’s focus on the Deir Ezzor countryside.
For the last two-months, the U.S. Coalition and their allies from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been fighting the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terror group along the eastern bank of the Euphrates.
The Russian Federation transported the S-300 system to the Syrian military on October 1st of this year.
The move by the Russian Federation came in response to the downing of their IL-20 reconnaissance aircraft, which was ultimately blamed on ‘Israel’.
